Work experience

TERMA B.V. , Schuttersveld 9 Leiden (NL) - 15th May 2006 to Present 
Functional AIT Engineer for Herschel project for EADS Astrium Friedrichshafen  (D)

• - Test Procedures definition and TCL sequences for Satellite IST (e.g. Reference Mission Scenario, Instruments FDIR, Instruments and Cryostat/CCU commissioning).
• - TCL/TK sequences for System and Payload/Cryostat SIT
• - Payload database definition and update (PSICD and units ICDs). 
• - Definition and implementation of Functional Test Procedures for SCOEs and harness testing. 
• - EGSE and SCOEs operation and configuration for Payload testing (i.e. Cryostat sensors acquisition, heater and valve operation, PLM Power SCOE, CDMU Simulator, TMTC DFE)
• - SCOS 2000 and Central Check out System support and operation for Payload and instruments testing 
• - HPCCS network maintenance and administration (Linux based OS) for cryostat testing.
• - Support for TB/TV test preparation and implementation for Herschel Payload (STM2 campaign) and for FM Satellite. 
• - Support for Service Module integration with Payload and Satellite IST at TAS-I (Torino, IT) and ASED (Friedrichshafen, D)

TERMA B.V. - 1st Feb 2006 to 15th May 2006 
Support to Virtual AIV project 

• - Software Acceptance Test Procedure and test run.
• - Commercial Off the Shelf evaluation for performance and usability trade offs
• - Website development for Terma activities with ESTEC test center

ESA/ESTEC - Keplerlaan 1 , Noordwijk  (NL) - 1st Dec 2003 to 1st Dec 2005
YGT as Software Engineer  in the Test Centre Engineering Services Section (TEC-TCE)

• - Management and development support for the TRP:  “Development of Virtual Reality Software for AIV planning and simulation”.
  Activities: Statement of Work; Tender Evaluation Board; coordination of technical meetings and design reviews; schedule control; support in cost control and budget planning; periodical internal  reporting on the activity. Test campaigns simulation for prototype acceptance.
• - Support to ETS for CATIA Digital Mock-Up simulation of the SMOS mechanism during test in the Large Space Simulator – presented as demonstration case at Aerospace Testing Expo-North America, Nov 2005.
• - Purchase and installation of UPS for the TCE Section. Preventive action in cooperation with Site Services Section, Quality Management and AOES consultants.
• - Management of external consultancy for customization of a Product Lifecycle Management system (SMARTeam®) for TEC-TCE Mechanical Design Office.
• - Management of external consultancy for maintenance of the CAE environment and of the technical workstations infrastructure of the Mechanical Design Office
• - Cooperation with ISO 9001:2000 manager for maintenance of the Quality Management System and Product Lifecycle Management system. 
• - Design of a website for TEC-TCE

Procter & Gamble - TEMPO®  tissues, Via Altopascio, Badia Pozzeveri, Lucca (IT) - 8th Apr `03 to 15th Oct `03
Stage as Software Engineer in the Electrical Support Office.
Project: “Development of a Data Acquisition System for Faults Diagnosis and Process Control on paper converting machines”

• - Definition of H/W and performance requirements: familiarization with paper converting processes, signals, sampling frequencies, definition of alarms, H/W interface with the machine electrical panel, PLC signals availability
• - Definition of MMI requirements with Electrical and Manufacturing Technicians
• - H/W procurement and assembly (Optocouplers for decoupling the system from the machine’s functioning, NI SCB 68 Connector block, NI SH 68-68 EP cable, PCI 6024 E  DAQ Board) 
• - Implementation of the LabVIEW6i mainframe and MMI, for signals acquisition, visualization and storage
• - on-line acceptance test of the system. 
• - Training of the users, technical documentation and user manual (Technical Transfer & Training)

Technical University of Delft (NL) -  Delft Centre for System and Control - 5th Feb `02
Seminar on Master Thesis work
Thesis subject:“Automation of Artificial Ventilation on patients affected by ARDS”.

KleisTEK Biomedical Software, Viale Ennio 54, Bari (IT)  - Oct `01 to Oct `02
Internship as Software Engineer during the Master Thesis work
Thesis subject:“Automation of Artificial Ventilation on patients affected by ARDS”.

• - Development of a decision-making support system with elements of Fuzzy Logic for treatment of patients affected by Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• - Design and development of the expert System state machine (in LabVIEW6i) and of Fuzzy estimators for clinical parameters (MATLAB). 
• - Definition of the clinical algorithm, of the estimators’ logic and of the system validation through periodical meetings with doctors from the Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Department of Turin’s Medical University and with KleisTEK Biomedical Software. 

 Education and training

ESA/ESTEC, European Space Agency  - June `04
 "Introduction to ECSS E-40 Software Engineering Standards”

ESA/ESTEC, European Space Agency  - Feb `04
“Introduction to Spacecraft System Engineering"

AOES for ESA/ESTEC, European Space Agency  - Jan `04
“Introduction to Dassault Systemes CATIA”

Italian Board of Engineering (“Ordine degli Ingegneri”) - July '03
Professional Engineer (Italian license for engineering design)

MSc (Laurea) in Electrical Engineering. Graduation mark 110/110 cum Laude.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department – Faculty of Engineering - Polytechnic of Bari, Via Re David, Bari (IT) - Sept '95 to Dec '02

Scientific Diploma. Graduation mark: 60/60.
Scientific Lyceum – G.Salvemini, Via Prezzolini, Bari (IT) -  Sept `90 to July '95
Lyceum Best Student Grant  “Annamaria Avveduti”, for a.y. ’93-‘94

Personal skills and competences

Languages:

Italian: mother tongue

English: Fluent.  
             Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE) - Grade B (June `01).

French:  Good understanding; Basic speaking and writing. 
              Beginners course at Prolinguist ESTEC, Sept– Dec 2005.

Dutch:     Basic understanding and speaking
              Intensive Beginners Course at Direct Dutch, Laan van Nieuw Oost Indie, Den Haag (NL)-Feb'08

German:  Basic understanding

Computer skills and competences

S/C operations and DACQ:
SCOS2000, HPCCS, MOIS, LabVIEW environment (programming and SCOE usage), HPSDB, Packet Utilization Standards, SCOEs ICDs, HPCCS  Database import ICD, familiar with PIPE protocol and 1553 bus standards.

O.S.:
WINDOWS 2000/XP, Linux O.S. and shell scripts for basic admin

Simulation: 
Seemage, Quest3D, Dassault Systemes CATIA V5R12 (Mechanical Design and Digital Mock Up), MATLAB – Simulink and Fuzzy Logic Toolbox, VRAIV.

Other:
CVS, HTML, SQL, XML, PostgreSQL, Dassault Systemes SMARTeam R12 (administrator  and user), OFFICE, MS Project, MS Access, Dreamweaver.

Social/Organizational skills

2008: Sailing license course at ESTEC Sailing Club.

2003 – ’06: member of the ESTEC Sailing club. Instructor for the beginners' summer course 2005.

2001 –`02: member of the Program Committee of the IEEE Student Branch of Polytechnic of Bari.  Organizer of the conference “LabVIEW INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS” in cooperation with the “Centro Studi Componenti per Autoveicoli”-BOSCH (BA) on 29th May 2002.